Enhancer for YouTube
Shares rank 44 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Firefox extension that removes much of YouTube's clutter, including Shorts, with many options in one add-on. Critics say it is unmaintained and may break YouTube.
Firefox extension that removes much of YouTube's clutter, including Shorts, with many options in one add-on. Critics say it is unmaintained and may break YouTube.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 89%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Does many things in one add-on
“which can do a plethora of things, one of which is to disable shorts”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use” “you can do all this with one extension and no scripts”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled” “Most easily using an add-on like Enhancer for YouTube”
Comment from 27 Nov 2025 in “Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled” Hides or disables YouTube Shorts
“which can do a plethora of things, one of which is to disable shorts”
Comment from 19 Nov 2025 in “Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use” “have that 'convert Shorts' option or hide them entirely”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts” Removes YouTube UI clutter
“"Enhancer For Youtube" is a firefox extension that disables much of the nonsense in Youtube's UI. I can't use youtube without it anymore.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled” “you can do all this with one extension and no scripts”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled” Used daily by commenters
“"Enhancer For Youtube" is a firefox extension that disables much of the nonsense in Youtube's UI. I can't use youtube without it anymore.”
Comment from 26 Nov 2025 in “Someone at YouTube Needs Glasses: The Prophecy Has Been Fulfilled” “I use the unhook and enhancer extensions”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “Smartphone Mkt to Decline 13% in '26, Largest Drop Ever Due to Memory Shortage”
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The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Enhancer for YouTubeThis page | 8 | 1 | 89% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
8 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I use the unhook and enhancer extensions”
“have that 'convert Shorts' option or hide them entirely”
“Most easily using an add-on like Enhancer for YouTube”
“you can do all this with one extension and no scripts”
“"Enhancer For Youtube" is a firefox extension that disables much of the nonsense in Youtube's UI. I can't use youtube without it anymore.”
“which can do a plethora of things, one of which is to disable shorts”
“one feature it does perfectly”
“has become unmaintained, and will break YouTube”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.